Brief about Hon'ble Vice Chancellor
Prof Pandey, is currently leading the Bundelkhand University as Vice-Chancellor. He is also as a Member of State Higher Education Council,
providing his valuable inputs to Govt. of UP for the quality enhancement of the higher education and also Member of Equivalence Committee,
Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi to frame policies related to equivalence of foreign Degree with Indian Universities. He has been conferred Honorary D.Litt. for outstanding contributions in academics. He has been granted the Rank of Honorary Colonel Commandant in National Cadet Corps by Govt. of India.
Earlier, he served as Vice Chancellor (additional charge) of Banda University of Agriculture & Technology ,Rector (Pro Vice-Chancellor), Director & Dean
of Faculty of Energy Tech. He has looked after as Coordinator for establishing IIIT, Bhopal (under PPP Mode by MoE). He held various administrative positions as Director (R&D), Co-coordinator of RGPV- NBA Nodal Centre, Dy. Registrar, Member
of Engineering Accreditation Evaluation Committee [EAEC]
and Moderation Committee of NBA
(National Board of Accreditation).
He is multi-skilled professional with almost 33 years
of rich exposure & versatile experience in Industries, Administration, Academics, Research domains and institution building. He received his B.E. (Hons.)
from SATI, Vidisha, M.Tech. (Hons)
from N.I.T., Bhopal and Ph.D.
from RGPV, Bhopal.
He has always had a holistic approach for education to impart knowledge. He is not just a visionary in his field but also a praiseworthy administrator. He played an instrumental role in the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal, M. P. since its inception in 1999.
Prof. Pandey has an iconic track record of quality teaching, innovation and research; he is currently heading GoI, DSTs Technology Enabling Centre as Principal Investigator.
He has been Principal Investigator
of many Govt. Funded Projects by DST, MNRE, MPCST, AICTE etc including Innovative & Breakthrough Technology based 30 KW CL-CSP SOLAR international R&D PROJECT (India-Japan Joint Venture Project)
installed in RGPV campus. He has also facilitated as Reviewer
for many national and international journals of repute and associated with many academic and research organizations at various levels.
At International level for academic & collaborative research purposes, he has visited several countries such as Australia, Turkey, Japan, Hongkong, Thailand, Singapore etc. Prof. Pandey has been an active member of governing bodies, Steering Committees of institutions and number of professional academies, societies and also member of expert committees of AICTE, NBA, NAAC, UGC, He has been key-note speaker and resource person at several International and National Conferences etc.
He has a keen Interest in quality and outcome based research and has already supervised 20 quality PhDs, currently 06 Ph.D. Research Scholars are working.
He has published more than 140 Research papers
in International/National Journals of repute and more
than 100 papers
in International/National Conferences and Authored 19 books, 04 patent granted, 09 Patent (published) and he has received 13 National & International Awards.
As a Vice Chancellor BU,Jhansi, Noteworthy Academic Accomplishments are: BU accredited with NAAC A++, NIRF Ranking of BU-Pharmacy Improved to 68th, PM–USHA–MERU Project Sanctioned (100Cr Grant),ANRF selected, Category-I graded by UGC, QS Asia Ranking band (901-950), QS Southern Asia Ranking 297, all India QS Ranking 156, IIRF Ranking, Times MDRA, UniRanked and EduRanked University. MOUs signed 135+, established DST-TEC (5.0 Cr Grant) & Incubation Center(BASIC)-UP Govt Grant 1.50Cr , Conduction of UP Joint Entrance B.Ed Examination 2023,2024, 2025 (continuously three times ), Highest admissions in various programmes, accelerated Consultancy and Placements, executed Recruitments & Promotions ,Introduced various new schemes/policies, Implemented NEP2020, established & registered Alumni Cell, Funds generated through CSR & consultancy, Introduction of new programmes, Installation of 1MW(in process) 240 Kw Solar roof top plant . Funds generated through CSR. Established “Bundeli Vithika”, “Center of Art & Bundeli Heritage” under PPP mode.